KHUSHI KUMARI
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PM Modi travels to Japan for the annual summit with Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba—his eighth visit to Japan but the first under Ishiba’s leadership
Both leaders aim to reaffirm and deepen their Special Strategic and Global Partnership, focusing on innovation, economic collaboration, and regional security
Next, PM Modi heads to China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin—marking his first visit to China since 2019
While at the SCO Summit, Modi is expected to engage in bilateral talks—including with President Xi Jinping and other key leaders—to discuss regional cooperation
This trip follows renewed warming of ties in 2025: resumption of direct flights, tourism (Kailash Mansarovar Yatra), and dialogue mechanisms—building on an October 2024 breakthrough around the LAC
Recent India–China talks have produced key confidence-building measures—establishing expert groups, resuming flights, easing visas, and steps toward delimiting sensitive border areas.